24 Mar
2006
24 Mar
'06
5:49 a.m.
A long while ago, in the ancient days, my employer thoughtfully provided us all with IBM PS/2 machines and the then-standard Windows 3.1. The best Windows could do on that particular PS/2 model was 640x480x256 colors. One day, I put Fractint on it and booted it to DOS - where Fractint happily ran a 1600x1200x256 color display for me. While it's convenient to have OSes offer drivers for hardware, it can also be limiting sometimes ... Tony Hanmer wrote:
I'm using XP on this machine; will have to try booting from DOS and see what's available.
-- David gnome@hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community